Coimbatore

Farmers protest, put up open vegetable shandy in front of Coimbatore Collectorate

Coimbatore : Members of Tamil Nadu Farmers Association today staged a novel protest in front of the District Collectorate by putting vegetable stalls in protest against officials who do not allow them to sell their produce at the daily shandy in RS Puram in the city.

About 40 farmers brought their produce such as tomatoes, cauliflower, ladyfinger, beans and potatoes on push carts and set up an ambience of a vegetable market near the Collectorate entrance.